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administration to suspend the force-feeding of hunger strikers at guantanamo. the u.s. military says it plans to acknowledge from it on on by only force-feeding the prisoners at night. in a legal filing, attorneys for for prisoners with the human rights charity urge the u.s. government to agree to a court back to create ensuring the protection of the prisoners religious rights. in a video released by reprieve, the hip-hop artist and actor formerly known as most def voluntarily undergoes a force- feeding similar to those at guantÁnamo. hea disturbing sequence, screams for help before the force-feeding estopped. >> please, stop, stop! stop, stop it! stop! please, stop, i cannot do it. >> at least 40 of guantanamo's estimated one hundred 20 hunger strikers are being force fed. wisconsin has become the latest state to impose new restrictions on the right to abortion. on friday, scott walker riley signed a measure that would require women to undergo an ultrasound and here aspects of the fetus describe before obtaining an abortion. the bill would force abortion doct
administration to suspend the force-feeding of hunger strikers at guantanamo. the u.s. military says it plans to acknowledge from it on on by only force-feeding the prisoners at night. in a legal filing, attorneys for for prisoners with the human rights charity urge the u.s. government to agree to a court back to create ensuring the protection of the prisoners religious rights. in a video released by reprieve, the hip-hop artist and actor formerly known as most def voluntarily undergoes a...
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the obama administration not celebrated here either. the obama administration is not calling for his return and says for now it will continue to give money to the new egyptian government and military. even though in the case of a coup, the money has to stop. making it seem likely that both sides will be angry. matter to u.s.y officials. but said nothing of the goal should be to be popular. the u.s. is not popular in egypt. the policy should be to represent american values and interests. what the president is trying to do is to buy as -- to devise a policy that does those things. >> with the u.s. believes are its interests, stability. theing oil flowing through suez canal. the washington goal now to do anything they feel could make the situation more volatile. reportstan's official into the raid that killed osama bin laden. their investigative unit has obtained a copy of the commission findings. >> no state institution in pakistan was scared. the military and political leadership displayed a degree of incompetence and irresponsibility th
the obama administration not celebrated here either. the obama administration is not calling for his return and says for now it will continue to give money to the new egyptian government and military. even though in the case of a coup, the money has to stop. making it seem likely that both sides will be angry. matter to u.s.y officials. but said nothing of the goal should be to be popular. the u.s. is not popular in egypt. the policy should be to represent american values and interests. what...
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there in cairo and beyond. >>> mean tile, the political uncertainty in egypt has put the obama administration in a very difficult position. should the u.s. cut aid to egypt or not? republican senator john mccain says yes. >> we cannot repeat the same mistakes that we made at other times in our history by supporting the removal of freely elected governments. so i believe that the aid has to be suspended. that the egyptian military has to set a timetable for elections and new constitution and then we should evaluate whether to continue the aid or not. >> we're talking aid in the amount of a billion and a half u.s. dollars. egypt has been a close ally of the u.s. and it's one of only two arab countries that has a peace deal with israel, but as we report, things are tenuous with egypt and israel and israel has said little about the recent uprising next door. >> with the removal of president morsi, world leaders ranging from u.s. president barack obama to saudi's king abdullah, have all weighed in on the developments, but one regional power has remained silent. israel. so far, there's been no stat
there in cairo and beyond. >>> mean tile, the political uncertainty in egypt has put the obama administration in a very difficult position. should the u.s. cut aid to egypt or not? republican senator john mccain says yes. >> we cannot repeat the same mistakes that we made at other times in our history by supporting the removal of freely elected governments. so i believe that the aid has to be suspended. that the egyptian military has to set a timetable for elections and new...
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any comment from the obama administration? >> reporter: well, i will tell you, victor, pamela, so far all is quiet here in washington, d.c., no comment from the white house, and no comment so far from the state department on both venezuela and nicaragua's offer of asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. now, the president is spending the holiday weekend at camp david but it's likely going to be a working vacation. and he's likely following these latest developments. now, these two countries making statements on the same day it appears to show a sort of united front against the united states. several leaders in latin america, they were angered after recent incident where the president of bolivia's plane was not allowed through european airspace this week, and because that was simply because of suspicions that snowden may be on board that plane, so they had no clear path to their destination. they were forced to land until it was confirmed that snowden actually was not on board. but, of course, that angered bolivia's president. the
any comment from the obama administration? >> reporter: well, i will tell you, victor, pamela, so far all is quiet here in washington, d.c., no comment from the white house, and no comment so far from the state department on both venezuela and nicaragua's offer of asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. now, the president is spending the holiday weekend at camp david but it's likely going to be a working vacation. and he's likely following these latest developments. now, these two countries...
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this has been an obama administration priority in terms of reshoring. and i think this is a real demonstration of not just global companies looking at the u.s., as the best risk adjusted return on investment. the best destination for the capital, but u.s. firms continuing to reassess the situation and looking at the u.s. market, which is not just for domestic, for b to b, b to c plays but for us as an export platform as well. >> we mentioned the u.s. is getting much cheaper energy. that's a big competitive advantage compared to cost of energy in europe. how much is the rising wage levels in what has been low cost centers also having a plan. what are the biggest factors for that reshoring. >> i think there is certainly wage levels are rising in other parts of the world and makes the u.s. seem even more attractive. but it is not just wages. it is that energy cost, it is the transportation cost. listen, u.s. companies, global companies that have been manufacturing abroad to serve the u.s. market are increasingly seeing it makes more sense to do that manufa
this has been an obama administration priority in terms of reshoring. and i think this is a real demonstration of not just global companies looking at the u.s., as the best risk adjusted return on investment. the best destination for the capital, but u.s. firms continuing to reassess the situation and looking at the u.s. market, which is not just for domestic, for b to b, b to c plays but for us as an export platform as well. >> we mentioned the u.s. is getting much cheaper energy. that's...
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i'm here with todd parks, the chief technology officer for president obama's administration. the president at a cabinet meeting is going to highlight some of the work that todd park and innovation fellows have done and also challenge his cabinet to adopt more of the innovations that they put forward. let me ask you, todd, ghoft has a rep takes for being clunky, slow, inefficient. what do you think you have been able to accomplish so far? >> this one champions the idea of harnessing the power and building a brighter future for iraq. exactly of what's happening in the government today. there are phenomenon people harnessing the power to help government work better and grow the economy. just a couple examples, for example, in the recent hurricane sandy, fema has harnessed ways for better results. if you get housing to folks that rely on the ground inspectors, now they use satellite and analytics to figure out what areas need help and get help faster. in addition, a majority of folks post, were able do so via mobile phone or internet even when folks didn't have access, fema enspe
i'm here with todd parks, the chief technology officer for president obama's administration. the president at a cabinet meeting is going to highlight some of the work that todd park and innovation fellows have done and also challenge his cabinet to adopt more of the innovations that they put forward. let me ask you, todd, ghoft has a rep takes for being clunky, slow, inefficient. what do you think you have been able to accomplish so far? >> this one champions the idea of harnessing the...